| Friday, October 6, Session 1 |
| Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Conference Room, ECA 385 |
| 8:30 AM |
Coffee and Registration |
| 9:15 AM |
Welcoming Remarks: Joel Gereboff, Chair, Department of Religious Studies, ASU |
| 9:30 AM |
Birch-bark, Palm-leaf, and Paper: Narratives and Ideologies of Writing in
Buddhism
Peter Skilling,
Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| 10:10 AM |
The Preservation of Knowledge in Sri Lankan Buddhist Manuscripts
Stephen Berkwitz, Missouri State University |
| 10:50 AM |
Flowers for the Dhamma: Buddhist Palm-leaf Manuscript Cover Decorations of Sri Lanka
Bilinda Devage Nandadeva, University of Kelaniya
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| 11:30 AM - Noon |
Discussion moderated by Juliane Schober, Arizona State University
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12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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| Friday, October 6, Session 2 |
| Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Conference Room, ECA 385 |
| 1:45 PM |
Welcoming Remarks |
| 2:00 PM |
Tracing Sinhalese Presence from Jataka Slabs at Wat Si Chum in Sukhothai
M.L.
Pattaratorn Chirapravati
, California State University at Sacramento |
| 2:40 PM |
Preservation and Performance: An Overview of Lao Manuscript Collections and their
Place in the Community
Justin McDaniel, University of California at Riverside |
| 3:20 - 3:40 PM |
Discussion moderated by Christopher Miller, Arizona State University |
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| Friday, October 6, Session 3 |
| 6:00 PM |
Gallery Viewing and Commentary at Phoenix Art Museum, Recent Acquisitions in
Sri Lankan Art
Bilinda Devage Nandadeva, University of Kelaniya |
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| Saturday, October 7, Session 4 |
| Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Conference Room, ECA 385 |
| 9:00 AM |
Coffee |
| 9:15 AM |
Welcoming Remarks |
| 9:30 AM |
The Buddhist Manuscript Culture in Mongolia with its Diverse Aspects and
Realms of Influence
Vesna Wallace, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 10:10 AM |
Why Did the Gandharan Buddhists Bury their Manuscripts?
Richard Salomon, University of Washington |
| 10:50 AM |
From Words to Books: Indian Buddhist Manuscripts in the First Millennium CE
Jens-Uwe Hartmann, University of Munich |
| 11:30 AM - Noon |
Discussion moderated by Claudia Brown, Arizona State University |
| Noon - 1:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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| Saturday, October 7, Session 5 |
| Hayden Library |
| 1:30 - 5:00 PM |
Research: Guardian of the Flame Sri Lanka Manuscripts Collection available for research. [Reference staff, Hayden Library, 4th floor: Luhrs Reading Room]
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| 1:45 - 3:00 PM |
Exhibit: Guarding the Flame: Sri Lankan Palm Leaf Manuscripts and Monographic Collections at ASU Libraries.
Christopher Miller, ASU Libraries [Hayden Library Rotunda] |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM |
Provenance, Order and Context: Archival Perspectives on the Guardian of the Flame Collection.
Robert Spindler, ASU Libraries [Hayden Library Room 210c] |
| 3:15 PM |
Closing Remarks, Stephen Berkwitz, Missouri State University
Hayden Library, 4th Floor, Luhrs Reading Room
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